liminal

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Definition of liminal in English English dictionary

Relating to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal; insignificant

Pertaining to a threshold or entrance

{s} of the limen, of the threshold of a stimulus (Psychology); scarcely perceived

Hyphenation

li·mi·nal

Etymology

() From Latin liminalis, from limen, "threshold", + -alis, adjective ending